Ah, can you go back like 20 seconds?
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
My dad grew up to the sound of guns, they shook his windows every night
40 years and just a few miles off, I slept to a bird song in the sky
If you can change the course of Ireland, you can change the minds of anyone
So tell me when
When will enough be enough?
There's some memories you'd never sell and some you shouldn't have to own
Like blurs of unrequited hands on nights of uninvited drugs
I shouldn't have to warn my daughter of what violence lies inside your sons
So tell me when
When will enough be enough? (When will enough be enough?)
I said when (when will enough)
When will enough be enough? (When will enough be enough?)
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Well, I woke up to the sound of guns and there were riots in the street
Oh, there's a world between who we are now and the one we wanna be
You shouldn't have to fight to matter, surely we can all agree that much
So tell me when (when will enough)
When will enough be enough? (When will enough be enough?)
I said when (when will enough)
When will enough be enough? (When will enough be enough?)
I'm not gonna wait for the tide to change
Only takes a drop for the dam to break
Tell me when, when will enough be enough?
Ooh-ooh, I'm not gonna wait for the tide to change
Only takes a drop for the dam to break
Tell me when, when will enough be enough?
Oh-oh, I'm not gonna wait, there's a tide to change
If it only takes a drop and the dam will break
Tell me when (when will enough)
When will enough be enough? (When will enough be enough?)
I said when (when will enough)
When will enough be enough? (When will enough be enough?)
Oh, I said when (when will enough)
When will enough be enough? (When will enough be enough?)
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
My dad grew up to the sound of guns, they shook his windows every night
40 years and just a few miles off, I slept to a bird song in the sky
If you can change the course of Ireland, you can change the minds of anyone
So tell me when
When will enough be enough?
There's some memories you'd never sell and some you shouldn't have to own
Like blurs of unrequited hands on nights of uninvited drugs
I shouldn't have to warn my daughter of what violence lies inside your sons
So tell me when
When will enough be enough? (When will enough be enough?)
I said when (when will enough)
When will enough be enough? (When will enough be enough?)
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Well, I woke up to the sound of guns and there were riots in the street
Oh, there's a world between who we are now and the one we wanna be
You shouldn't have to fight to matter, surely we can all agree that much
So tell me when (when will enough)
When will enough be enough? (When will enough be enough?)
I said when (when will enough)
When will enough be enough? (When will enough be enough?)
I'm not gonna wait for the tide to change
Only takes a drop for the dam to break
Tell me when, when will enough be enough?
Ooh-ooh, I'm not gonna wait for the tide to change
Only takes a drop for the dam to break
Tell me when, when will enough be enough?
Oh-oh, I'm not gonna wait, there's a tide to change
If it only takes a drop and the dam will break
Tell me when (when will enough)
When will enough be enough? (When will enough be enough?)
I said when (when will enough)
When will enough be enough? (When will enough be enough?)
Oh, I said when (when will enough)
When will enough be enough? (When will enough be enough?)
💡 Song Meaning & Background
This song wrestles with the sufficiency of Christ amidst a culture of constant striving and dissatisfaction. It points to the biblical truth in 2 Corinthians 12:9 that God's grace is entirely sufficient in our weakness.